Utah reports 22 new deaths due to COVID-19, 686 new cases and an error in the vaccination registrations.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Kenley Hansen gets a COVID-19 vaccination from Kirsten Weber as Utah County residents were lined up on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 in a former Shopko store in Spanish Fork.
Utahns is not among the high-risk groups currently designated for shots that could have planned a vaccination against COVID-19 via the state website will now cancel the appointments.
On Saturday, officials learned that there was an error in the state process that allowed some residents to register, even if they were not 65 years or older or if they had a medical condition.
According to a statement Saturday night from Tom Hudachko, director of communications for the Utah Department of Health, about 7,200 people who did not meet the requirements were able to make appointments.
“These appointments will be canceled within the next 24 hours and email notifications will be sent to every person whose appointment has been canceled,” the statement read. Several hundred people, after hearing of the mistake on social media, have already canceled appointments on their own.
“If anyone feels that their appointment has been accidentally canceled, they should contact the local health department where they are planning their appointment, or try to reschedule their appointment online.”
People who went directly to the state vaccination site, filled out the form and answered the questions honestly – even if they did not have a qualifying medical condition – could secure available appointments, the Salt Lake County Department of Health said Saturday afternoon. said in a statement. .
“We ask the public not to make appointments if they do not have a medical condition,” the statement said. “We ask that they cancel the appointment so that someone at higher risk can take it and receive the vaccine.”
People who meet the state qualification can keep their appointments.
The vaccination took place on a day when the number of COVID-19 cases in Utah remained below four figures, with 686 cases reported on Saturday. It’s been two weeks since the daily case was below 1,000.
The state recorded 22 new deaths due to the virus, but 12 men and 10 women. Nineteen of the deaths occurred before Feb. 6, the Utah Department of Health said.
Vaccinations administered in the past day / total vaccinations • 19,757 / 702,293.
Number of Utahns receiving two doses • 249 398.
Cases reported in the past day • 686
Deaths reported in the past day • 22.
• Seven from Salt Lake County, two men between the ages of 65 and 84; and five women between 65 and 84.
• Four from Washington County, one man and one woman, both over 85; two men between 65 and 84.
• Three from Utah County, one man over 85; and two women between 65 and 84.
• Two from Beaver County, a man over 85 and a man between 65 and 84
• Two from Emery County, a woman over 85; and a man between 65 and 84.
• Two from Weber County, two men between 45 and 64.
• One from Cache County, a woman between 65 and 84
• One from Davis County, a man between 65 and 84.
Hospitalizations reported in the past day • 223, eight less than Friday. Of those currently admitted to the hospital, 89 are in intensive care units – five less than on Friday.
Tests reported in the past day • 6,752 people were tested for the first time. A total of 17,724 people were tested.
Percentage of positive tests • According to the original method of the state, the running average of seven days is 12.2%.
The state’s new method counts all test results, including repeated tests of the same individual. The seven-day moving average is now at 5.5%.
Total to date • 370 770 sake; 1,929 deaths; 14,664 hospitalizations; 3,798,843 people were tested.